Oscar Piastri was clearly not happy with the driving behavior of Williams colleague Carlos Sainz during the Hungarian Grand Prix, after two-thirds of the race. The Spaniard from Williams conspicuously ignored the blue flag and thereby hit Piastri’s car, which possibly cost the latter his chances of victory.
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Piastri ranted on the team radio and called Sainz an idiot, among other things. Sainz received a five-second time penalty from the stewards for the incident. See the video below of the incident between the McLaren and Williams drivers.
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